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I can say without a doubt of all technically oriented communities the HAM radio community is by far the most rude, hostile, and least educated in their field of any group.
The amount of just pure idiocy and lack of understanding of even the basics is astonishing considering this is a licensed trade.
@freemo In the early 90s when I was introduced to ham radio, my Elmer had a laminated copy of The Amateurs Code. He said it’s the first thing every prospective ham must learn. Not knowing any different, learn and try to live by it I did. It wasn’t until I had been licensed for almost 20 years I started to wonder what happened. Seems many hams don’t even know of its existence. Very apparently. Now just shy of 30 years in, I’m an elmer, and I start with what my Elmer told me.
I have seen many people post that code. I love it and wish people lived by it. Some, like you and me do, and I appreciate you for it. Sadly for whatever reason the vast majority of hams, at least off the air, certainly dont follow it. The toxicity, hate, and lack of basic human decency in the craft is absolutely off the rails.
